White matter hyperintensity and cognitive functioning in the racial and ethnic minority cohort of the Framingham heart study

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-122

  Stavitsky, Karina ^a   Du, Yangchun ^a   Seichepine, Daniel ^a   Laudate, Thomas M ^a   Beiser, Alexa ^a,c   Seshadri, Sudha ^b,c   Decarli, Charles ^d   Wolf, Philip A ^b,c   Au, Rhoda ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cultural ethnic diversity; Executive function; Framingham Heart Study; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; VERBAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 77953341577     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313443     Document Type: Article

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